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Criminal Investigations Today
The Essentials
- Richard M. Hough - University of West Florida, USA
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January 2020 | 320 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
Criminal Investigations Today: The Essentials examines the processes, practices, and people involved in the investigation of crime in a brief and accessible format that hones in on the key topics students actually need to know. Drawing from his vast experience in the field, author Richard M. Hough distills the essentials of criminal investigations and takes students through the in-depth processes of criminal investigations while maintaining a streamlined approach that allows for optimal student learning. The text’s focus on people within the investigative system is reinforced with running case studies and hands-on application.
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Included with this title:
The password-protected Instructor Resource Site (formally known as SAGE Edge) offers access to all text-specific resources, including a test bank and editable, chapter-specific PowerPoint® slides. Learn more.
Preface
Digital Resources
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Chapter 1 • Criminal Investigation Then and Now
Chapter 2 • Forensic Evidence: The Crime Scene and the Laboratory
Chapter 3 • People in the Process: Victims, Suspects, Witnesses, and Detectives
Chapter 4 • Managing the Criminal Investigation
Chapter 5 • Searches, Seizures, and Statements
Chapter 6 • Homicide, Death, and Cold Case Investigations
Chapter 7 • Assault, Battery, Robbery, and Sex Crimes
Chapter 8 • Familial Crimes
Chapter 9 • Burglary, Theft, White-Collar Crime, and Cybercrime
Chapter 10 • Drug Crimes, Organized Crime, and Gangs
Chapter 11 • Terrorism and Homeland Security
Chapter 12 • Criminal Investigation in Court
Glossary
References
Index
Supplements
Instructor Resource Site
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Online resources included with this text
The online resources for your text are available via the password-protected Instructor Resource Site, which offers access to all text-specific resources, including a test bank and editable, chapter-specific PowerPoint® slides.
edge.sagepub.com/houghci
Online resources included with this text
The online resources for your text are available via the password-protected Instructor Resource Site, which offers access to all text-specific resources, including a test bank and editable, chapter-specific PowerPoint® slides.
Student Study Site
edge.sagepub.com/houghci
The open-access Student Study Site makes it easy for students to maximize their study time, anywhere, anytime. It offers flashcards that strengthen understanding of key terms and concepts, as well as learning objectives that reinforce the most important material.
For additional information, custom options, or to request a personalized walkthrough of these resources, please contact your sales representative.
edge.sagepub.com/houghci
The open-access Student Study Site makes it easy for students to maximize their study time, anywhere, anytime. It offers flashcards that strengthen understanding of key terms and concepts, as well as learning objectives that reinforce the most important material.
For additional information, custom options, or to request a personalized walkthrough of these resources, please contact your sales representative.
"This is very structured and hands-on experimental book for perspective students interested in policing and criminal investigations. This book introduces several very important and much-needed topics that are not typically discussed in a conventional text for criminal investigations. As a former practitioner, I would recommend this book to any criminal investigations class."
Virginia Commonwealth University
"This textbook is a great balance of theory and practical application. The book also incorporates real-world cases that help students grasp the concepts and apply the information they learn."
Bloomsburg University
"This book offers a comprehensive yet concise look at criminal investigations. Topics including evidence collection, police legal powers, and interviewing are combined with strategies for investigating specific crimes to educate future practitioners and interested readers in the discipline’s concepts and best practices."
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
"Criminal Investigation Today is more streamlined…offering several new key concepts—one of the most exciting is the ‘case study’ addition to some of the chapters. Students in criminal investigation classes are always excited to ‘solve the case’!"
Southern Oregon University
Incredible Text, as usual for Sage.
Arts/Social Sciences Div, Univ Of New Mexico-Los Alamos
September 20, 2021
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